ARTIST STATEMENT
Cromika works with whatever materials she has on hand. She began crocheting when she was nine years old. Now, with twenty years of experience and her volunteer role at Mecca in Eugene, she now has access to more fun and frivolous embellishments. She likes the fun of the go-with-the-flow nature of having access to scrap yarns both from Mecca and Goodwill: “it’s a surprise grab-bag, you never know what you’re going to end up with”. The freedom of expression that comes from the chaotic choices available is part of the magic that makes these crochet creatures, garments and work of art distinctly Cromika. EXHIBITIONS/CV
April 2023Walk This Way, group exhibition, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR (April 5 - May 5) January 2023 a community is a small town, group exhibition, Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton, OR (January 18 - March 4) September 2022 Do You See Everyone Under That Apple Belly Tree, group exhibition, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR May 2022 Eugene Art Walk, Allies LLC, Eugene, OR April 2022 Waiting for the Meteor, Oregon Fringe Fest, Ashland, OR March/April 2022 currently showing selected works at OSLP & Allies in Eugene, OR February 2022 Yes I Am, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR December 2021 We Take The Long Way II, Outpost 1000, Corvallis, OR October 2021 We Take The Long Way, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR September 2021 Corvallis Art Walk, Cornerstone's Living Studios, Corvallis, OR
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